Following decades of occupancy, changing needs and an evolving sustainability mandate threatened Unilever’s departure from 700 and 800 Sylvan Avenue in Englewood Cliffs. Yet in 2016, a series of Cushman & Wakefield-led transactions resulted in redevelopments at both properties, including Project Unify, one of the East Coast’s most energy-efficient and highly advanced corporate facilities. Involved in the deal: Cushman & Wakefield, Normandy Real Estate Partners, Unilever and OVG Real Estate.

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Blue Apron Becomes Largest Legacy Commerce Center Tenant, Linden

Duke Realty’s master-planned redevelopment of the former General Motors assembly plant in Linden, New Jersey – branded as the Legacy Commerce Center – revived an area that had lost thousands of jobs after the closing of GM’s facility. In 2016, CBRE facilitated a 495,000-square-foot lease with Blue Apron, now the largest tenant in the industrial park. Involved in the deal: CBRE, Duke Realty, and Blue Apron.